Jay Michaelson's book, "The Heresy of Jacob Frank," challenges traditional portrayals of the 18th-century figure as an egomaniac and false messiah.

The article discusses the themes of Jewish migrations and Jewish luck in two movies featured at the New York Jewish Film Festival: the 1939 film "A brivele der mamen (A Letter to Mother)" and the documentary "Jews of the Wild West".

The book "How Jews Were Modern" edited by Elisheva Carlebach is part of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization series.

This article discusses the tradition of mock Jewish weddings, both in traditional Jewish settings such as summer camps and Jewish day schools, as well as in the entertainment industry, particularly in the Catskills.

In "From Venice to Harlem," Daniel B. Schwartz explores the history and evolving meaning of the word "ghetto" in Jewish and popular culture.

Chad Alan Goldberg and Eliyahu Stern present contrasting perspectives on the Jewish experience with modernity.

Moses Mendelssohn, an influential 18th-century Jewish philosopher, was celebrated for advocating Jewish rights, promoting modernity, translating the Bible into German, and producing the political-philosophical work "Jerusalem."